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motivation
(redirected from external motivation)

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The external motivation is the vacation, which is also the reward for your act of saving for it.
She explains how possessing an internal foundation--that is, a foundation based on internal rather than external motivation and authority--"yields the capacity to actively listen to multiple perspectives, critically interpret those perspectives in light of relevant evidence and the internal foundation, and make judgments accordingly" (2004b, xxii).
It may be unrealistic to expect veterans to switch easily from the military's primarily external motivation to maintain a healthy weight to an internal motivation once the military's expectations are removed when the member transitions to civilian life.
 
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